What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men? Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own Finance Arielle Bernhardt Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Published 27.01.20
Give women credit A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women Finance Erica Field Rohini Pande Published 27.09.19
Cash and the economy: Evidence from India’s demonetisation Demonetisation in India in December 2016, whilst not reflected in official GDP, led to temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit Finance Gabriel Chodorow-Reich Published 19.08.19
Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya Finance Kelly Jones Erick Gong Published 19.07.19
Strategic default in the international coffee market Linking farmers to global markets could spur growth and reduce poverty, but if markets do not work well these gains cannot be realised Finance Arthur Blouin Rocco Macchiavello Published 04.02.19
The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development Finance Sumit Agarwal Tomas Kigabo Camelia Minoiu Andrea Presbitero Andre Silva Published 19.11.18
Mind over money matters: How psychosocial interventions can help with money management Psychosocial factors matter for financial behaviour. A financial literacy and parenting programme substantially improves families’ financial lives. Finance Janina Isabel Steinert Lucie Cluver Franziska Meinck Jenny Doubt Sebastian Vollmer Published 14.09.18
Evidence to practice: Unintended consequences in the absence of data Rodger Voorhies shares a first-hand account of the importance of empirical analysis for development practitioners Finance Rodger Voorhies Published 29.08.18
Transforming developing countries through private sector investment What do development finance institutions do, and how do they do it? Finance Nick O’Donohoe Published 01.08.18
